Chapter 87 Daring Not to Provoke
Does anyone still remember that he and Zhou Heran were mortal enemies who were destined to fight to the death?
Making his arch-rival volunteer to be Zhou Heran's mystery guest is no different from making him eat noodles upside down on a live stream.
But clearly, Qi Xiaoyun had no choice, because Qi Chenyan didn't even wait for his answer before making the final decision.
"Since you're all here today, to avoid having to run back and forth again, let's go back to the TV station and record again?"
Just then, Qi Jianyue finally mustered the courage to object.
"But, but Qi Xiaoyun just finished recording my show and then went to be Zhou Heran's surprise guest. This... I'm afraid it will affect the broadcast of my show, right?"
If Qi Xiaoyun were to actually appear on a celebrity interview, wouldn't her show have been recorded for nothing, with all the attention being stolen by Yu Li?
Qi Jianyue may not be as good as Yu Li in terms of professional skills, but she is not really stupid. She naturally understands such a simple and easy-to-understand principle.
As she said this, Qi Jianyue looked at Qi Chenyan with pitiful, pleading eyes.
Perhaps Qi Chenyan didn't know before that the program Qi Xiaoyun recorded was hers. Although she and Qi Chenyan are not related by blood, she is still the daughter of the Qi family and Qi Chenyan's niece.
In the face of family ties, would Qi Chenyan, as the uncle, really side with an outsider?
Unfortunately, Qi Jianyue's plan backfired.
"Is your show, Miss Yu's show, famous?"
Qi Jianyue said tactfully, "It's too early to compare, because my show only recorded its first episode today..."
Before she could finish speaking, Qi Chenyan suddenly turned to the other two executives: "It seems your TV station is quite leisurely, so fond of doing charity?"
Although they sensed the sarcasm in the words, the high-ranking official was still in a daze from drinking baijiu and didn't immediately understand the meaning behind Qi Chenyan's words.
"Our Blue Sky TV station is naturally primarily focused on commercial profit..."
Qi Chenyan calmly replied, "Since the primary goal is commercial profit, why waste human, material, and financial resources to create another homogeneous program when there's already a hit interview show?"
"I've only ever heard of competitors blindly imitating each other, but this is the first time I've actually witnessed someone within the same company sabotaging their own efforts and embarrassing themselves. It's quite an eye-opener."
The higher-ups were all pale-faced, but couldn't come up with a single reason.
Indeed, Yu Li's celebrity interviews are among the best programs on the entire television station.
After the great success of the first episode, they should have devoted more energy to celebrity interviews.
However, the board of directors approved Qi Jianyue's interview program, even though Qi Jianyue claimed that her program was more precise and only interviewed celebrities in the entertainment industry.
Ke Yuli's program also includes celebrities from the entertainment industry, and covers a wider range of professions, making it more valuable.
For a television station, it is completely unnecessary to waste human, material, and financial resources to create a homogenized program.
Qi Jianyue immediately burst into tears, feeling wronged. "My...my show isn't homogenized. I just focus on interviewing celebrities, and it's very entertaining..."
Her pitiful appearance would be very persuasive to the rest of the Qi family; a few tears would easily soften their hearts.
But for Qi Chenyan, it wouldn't soften his heart at all; on the contrary, it would only annoy him.
"As a journalist, how can you cry so easily? When you encounter difficulties while hosting a program, do you not try to solve the problem with your professional skills, but instead try to fool the audience with tears?"
Qi Chenyan's tone was stern and highly didactic, which frightened Qi Jianyue so much that she almost burst into tears, but she forced them back down.
"I...I didn't fool the audience..."
Qi Chenyan's tone remained icy: "Then tell me, in terms of scope, significance, and other aspects, what aspect of your program surpasses celebrity interviews?"
"Why did you produce a similar interview program after the celebrity interview aired? Was it because you were jealous of the other person's success and wanted to copy it, or was it because it was on the same TV station that you were openly plagiarizing?"
Qi Jianyue was dumbfounded, and even forgot to pretend to be pitiful.
In fact, she plagiarized Yu Li's program under the guise of "learning from her".
But she was confident that she had the Qi family as her backing, and this program was also obtained for her by Qi Siyue using the Qi family's name to establish connections with high-level officials.
Even though everyone at the station knew that Yu Li's interview program was a hit, there was absolutely no need for the station to produce another program that was highly similar to it; that would be a waste of human, material, and financial resources.
With the Qi family's investment, the waste is just that—waste. The amount of money wasted is far less than one-tenth of the Qi family's investment.
But today, someone has pointed it out so bluntly.
And this person is none other than a member of the Qi family.
Even President Qi Siyue wouldn't dare to offend his uncle.
Even Yu Li was shocked by Qi Chenyan's cold and ruthless attitude.
At this moment, she wanted to sing a line: "What an iron-faced and ruthless Judge Bao!"
This is the taste! It's so refreshing!
Unable to reply, Qi Jianyue could only look to Qi Xiaoyun for help.
Qi Xiaoyun quickly lowered his head, pretending that he hadn't heard or seen anything.
What a joke! Qi Jianyue had finally managed to draw away most of his uncle's firepower. If he were to speak now, what difference would it make from him offering himself up for death?
It was the higher-ups who stepped in to smooth things over: "Director Qi, your analysis is very reasonable. Although Yu Li's program covers a wide range of topics, it has greater social significance."
"But the fan economy is also quite impressive now. A show is created with a celebrity as the main focus, and the main selling point is entertainment..."
Before the higher-ups could even finish fabricating their reasons, Qi Chenyan blurted out, "Is it for entertainment, or for investment?"
One sentence silenced everyone present.
Everyone understands this principle, but no one dares to say it out loud in a questioning tone.
Of course, this person does not include Qi Chenyan.
With red eyes, Qi Jianyue asked aggrievedly, "Why...why are you siding with an outsider?"
She didn't understand; after all, she and Qi Chenyan had been uncle and niece for over twenty years.
Qi Chenyan only participated in one of Yu Li's interviews, so why did he speak entirely in Yu Li's favor and criticize his niece as worthless?
Unexpectedly, Qi Chenyan retorted, "Outsider? Do you and I have any blood relation?"
If he doesn't speak up for his wife, should he side with Qi Jianyue, a true outsider with no blood relation who still lives in the Qi family?
Everyone perked up their ears, wondering if there was something fishy going on.
Now, Qi Jianyue dared not speak anymore, her face turning pale and then flushed.
"I...I'm not feeling well, I'll...I'll be going now."
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